Paul Theroux Quotes

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment.

Paul Theroux

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I thought I'd be wasting my time to go to commercial record companies and make demos for them, because don't forget, I was doing what I was doing and nobody understood what I was doing.

John Fahey

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Since 'School of Rock' opened, for the first time in my career, ever, really, I've had a lot of projects offered to me. It's extraordinary. Normally, I've initiated them all myself.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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I want truth. I'm crying out to hear it. I need it like oxygen.

Matt Roper

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The night before I began my career as a presidential campaign reporter, in September 2007, I finished Theodore White's 'The Making of the President,' the classic account of the 1960 race, which opened up a new era of campaign reporting.

Michael Hastings

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I do know one thing about me: I don't measure myself by others' expectations or let others define my worth.

Sonia Sotomayor

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Every success in limiting armaments is a sign that the will to achieve mutual understanding exists, and every such success thus supports the fight for international law and order.

Ludwig Quidde

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I like it when it's nice and quiet. I'm not a big city person.

Louis Oosthuizen

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You can tell when somebody's authentic about what they're saying.

Joy Mangano

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I don't judge anybody who chose not to serve during Vietnam, at all. It's a different time, and I don't judge anybody for the decision they made.

Jason Kander

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The most terrible fear that anybody should have is not war, is not a disease, not cancer or heart problems or food poisoning - it's a man or a woman without a sense of humor.

Jonathan Winters

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Most of the people I hang out with who sing love it, and they just want to do it until they die. I still look forward to the performances. And believe it or not, they're all kind of different. Even though you sing the same songs, and maybe you go to the same venues, it just feels completely different every time you go on stage.

Johnny Mathis

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Set your compass to beauty, humor, and grief; stay the course no matter what, and I'll support you with everything I've got.

Chris Jordan

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